Artwork Details
10-1/2 x 15 in. (sheet) 19-1/2 x 23-1/2 x 1-3/4 (framed, glazed)
Accession NumberGift in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their children
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteBy gift from the artist in 1790-1791 to John Narraway, Bristol, England [d.1822]; to daughter by descent, Miss Narraway, Bristol [d.1856]; to cousin by descent, Ann Dart, Bristol; Mrs. Courtauld as of 1887; F. Stevenson as of 1902; sold to W.G. Rawlinson, in 1902; sold to Captain R.A. Tatton, Cuerdon Hall, Preston (Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, England, 1917); sold by (Tatton sale, Christie’s, London, 14 December 1928, no. 2) to Permain; sold by (Downey Sale, Christie’s, London, 05 July 1946, no. 40) to Waters; S. Eckman (from whom purchased by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1967); Purchased by Kurt F. Pantzer, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1968; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, in 1972.
To juxtapose London street life with the medieval palace, Turner opted for an unorthodox viewpoint, away from the riverfront, leaving but a glimpse of the Thames as it passes under Westminster Bridge.
This watercolor was Turner's first to be accepted for the Royal Academy's annual exhibition in April 1790, the month he turned fifteen.
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